Month: March 2015

In the last week or so, two law schools have announced very big gifts.  Indiana University - Bloomington (the Maurer School of Law) received $20 million from alum Lowell Baier.…

The organizers of a conference on the "Present and Future of Civil Rights Movements" to be held at Duke Law, November 20-21, 2015, have sent along the following call for papers: …

And it's a pretty long list!  They are: Daniel Crane (Michigan), Martin Brinkley (Smith, Anderson), Robert Ahdieh (Emory), Michelle Anderson (CUNY), and Sam Bagenstos (Michigan).  Very impressive!

Today, Widener University has officially split its law school into two separate units.  The ABA has approved the move.  Widener's Wilmington, Delaware campus will be called Widener University Delaware Law…

This just in from Arizona Summit Law: CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS: "Creating Excellence in Learning and Teaching for Today's Law Students" October 2-3, 2015, Phoenix, AZ ABSTRACTS DUE:…

I'm very pleased to announce that my wonderful former colleague, Jennifer Rosato Perea, has been named the new Dean of DePaul University College of Law.  Jennifer is currently Dean of…

  I just want to quickly thank our guest bloggers for their participation in this week’s mini-symposium.  Most of the conversations were super productive, both for us bloggers and for…

Klint Alexander, a Senior Lecturer at Vanderbilt University's Law School and its Political Science department  has been named the new dean of the University of Wyoming College of Law.  …

I just wanted to follow up on Lisa’s previous post regarding what she sees as a potentially concerning trend for racial diversity in the boardroom as compared to gender diversity…

Last week, John Broderick - the former dean of the University of New Hampshire School of Law and the current Director of the Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership & Public Policy…